Question

Complete the sentence with the most suitable word:
There was a steep rise ---- onion prices.

Answer 1

Hint: In order to define certain relationships amongst every other word in the given sentence, specific words are used to describe them, for instance, time, place, what change occurred, and so on. Such words are known as prepositions. Prepositions are what make the sentences meaningful and beautiful. They maintain the integrity of a sentence. The preposition “in” refers to something in an enclosed space or enclosed category.

Complete answer:
Now, from the above question, one can observe that a change in the prices of the onions is being described in a single sentence. In this case, the correct preposition that can make this statement complete is, “in”.
Rise, the verb used here can have different prepositions to follow it, especially rise up, rise over and rise to. Here, since we are talking about prices of onions, a rise in, the best option.
Prepositions are used to describe four main circumstances, namely, location, time, direction and space. They can be simple (one word) or complex (more than one word). The flexibility of usage of prepositions is so great that it doesn’t have a proper format to designate its rules and in some cases, ending the sentences with a certain preposition is not a mistake. What the writer wishes to convey to the reader is brought out through such words.

Note: “Rise of” can be thought of as an option. But, here we are referring to a category where there is an increase and decrease in its amount. Hence we use, “rise in”.